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“Neither the Authority or even more the Executive should intervene so that Members of the PA Board are present for meetings,” the environment commissioner said.

“This is in conformity with the basic principle that each member of the Planning Authority Board should be left in liberty to attend the meeting and to listen to the various representations and finally decide when the vote is taken.”

The environment commissioner said in his response that the executive chairman’s role should be limited to making recommendations and to answering questions from the board, and should not be seen as having any part in the board’s final decision or in any single vote.

Moreover, he said, board members should do their utmost to be present for all meetings and should give sufficient notice of their absence, but should under no circumstances accept any insistence to attend or not attend a particular meeting.

The commissioner said the PA executive council had indicated that it had accepted the two recommendations and that it would put them into practice.

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